Have surfers found an ally in the fight against the evil great white?
Another day has passed and another great white sighting near Trestles. Oh the horror! Oh the absolute horror! There they lurk as big as ice-cream trucks waiting to eat thigh and glute and backbone. What has southern California done to deserve such terror? Who will save us?
Maybe the killer whales that live happy lives in Sea World just a short drive from San Clemente?
Oh yes!
Unlike humans, it appears that killer whales have no problem targeting the great white. Let’s read about their activity in South Africa!
Orcas have only been spotted attacking great white sharks a handful of times. But this past week, two mangled great white carcasses washed ashore in the town of Gansbaai on the South African coast. And the corpses definitely showed signs of being leftover orca lunch.
“This is the first confirmed account of an orca predation on a white shark from South Africa,” Marine Biologist Alison Kock from South African National Parks told Gizmodo in an email. “It’s mind blowing to think that a white shark of that size (almost 5m) was a target.”
“It seems likely that orcas are again the cause of death but we will confirm after the autopsy,” wrote Towner in the Marine Dynamics blog. “Obviously this is a very sad time for us all, nature can be so cruel and the dexterity these enormous animals are capable of is mind blowing, almost surgical precision as they remove the squalene rich liver of the white sharks and dump their carcass.”
And isn’t this just brilliant? Just wonderful? I know how much Sea World’s killer whales enjoy their all-inclusive resort lifestyle but do you think they would go out for a shark liver buffet real quick? Just real quick?
Also, do you think BeachGrit should design a killer whale looking wetsuit and sell it as shark deterrent? Black with big white sides? It would look very chic and certainly intimidating to the wussy shark.
Also, do you think killer whales argue online about the ethics of culling?
I just hope they never find out about sea world. We’d be next up on the menu.
isurus does a killer whale looking wetsuit jacket
It’s a metaphor. Black and White together to defeat the evil white power.
Or alternatively, maybe the orcas have just caught up with Hannibal Lector. We just need to get the right dilution of Chianti and fava beans into Ballina and San Clemente.
mmmmmm Squalene Liver Grrrrlalalllalala (Homer Simpson drool)
This has been talked about for a while now. How about a fibreglass company do up a few large orca replicas , get the shark net contractors sink and anchor them so they sit halfway under at Northwall Ballina and see how many sightings we get. The receiver is out there also so we’d also be able to see how many times it goes off during that time too.
Or even better, hang a short drumline from it and see if bait gets taken.
There ya go, a study done/theory verified in a matter of months.
Imagine if its just like water bottles on your lawn keeping dogs off it. Ha ha.
Oh wait, we CANT do this…..
1. It doesn’t involve marine scientists and is way to practical.
2. Also the aggregate in the concrete blocks weighing down said orca was quarried from a mountain where they once found a fossil of rare billygoat shit!
genius
What would it take to get some orcas to take up residence in northern NSW?
Well, worked against a giant octopus in the late 70s no reason to not have it work now ! Tentacles